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MD - Corinna Loring, 26, Mount Rainier, 4 Nov 1935

Corinna Loring was a young woman in her 20's who lived with her mother in a small cottage style house on Beech Street (now called Taylor Street) near the corner of Beech and 31st Streets in Mount Ranier.

Mount Ranier is a small incorporated city and residential community in Maryland which borders Washington DC.

On the evening of 4 November 1935, Corinna's mother returned home from church to find that her daughter was not at home. When she failed to return home after a time, the Mount Ranier Police, headed by Chief Eugene Plummer, were called to search for her.

Two days later, on November 6th, Corinna's body was found about four blocks from her home in a wooded area at the north end of Cedar Street (now called Upshur Street). The area where her body was found was then known as Saddleback Ridge and is currently the site of Kaywood Garden Apartments.

Corrina appeared to have been garrotted with a piece of twine.

Because neither the Mount Ranier Police nor the Prince Georges County Police (who also took part in the search for Corinna) had the resources or experienced personnel necessary to conduct a homicide investigation (in 1935), the investigation into Corinna's death was conducted by detectives from the Baltimore City Police Department - a common practice in those days.

Although information on a suspect was developed and presented to a grand jury in 1936, the case was never solved.

Source:

Journey Through Time - A Pictorial History of the Prince Georges County Police Department - by Dennis Campbell (1991)

Here is a link to a PDF file about Mount Ranier, MD. About halfway through the file is an article about the murder of Corinna and photos of her. Also, some newspaper articles of the time and an aerial photo of the area.

The murder of Corinna Loring was discussed in a newspaper article of the era titled:
"One More in the Chain of Washington's Baffling Murder Mysteries".

You can see a PDF of that story, along with photos and illustrations at the below link.

Although the story states that there were no apparent connections between Corinna's 1935 murder and the murders of three other women which took place earlier (1929 and 1930), it does mention some similarities.

The other women whose murders were also unsolved were:

Virginia (Hurley) McPherson - Strangled to death September 1929
Mary Baker - Beaten and shot to death April 1930
Beula Limerick - age 19, Shot to death December 1930

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The murder of Corinna Loring was discussed in a newspaper article of the era titled:
"One More in the Chain of Washington's Baffling Murder Mysteries".

You can see a PDF of that story, along with photos and illustrations at the below link.

Although the story states that there were no apparent connections between Corinna's 1935 murder and the murders of three other women which took place earlier (1929 and 1930), it does mention some similarities.

The other women whose murders were also unsolved were:

Virginia (Hurley) McPherson - Strangled to death September 1929
Mary Baker - Beaten and shot to death April 1930
Beula Limerick - age 19, Shot to death December 1930